Rage for iPhone

hartror 15 years ago |

This is where Carmack excels, give him a constrained canvas and he blows the technology away. Heres hoping they've sorted out some game design this time around (or they licence the tech to others).

modeless 15 years ago | |

id's game design is generally good; they know how to really nail gameplay. The problems in id games come from the generic cliché stories and settings. Rage looks like yet another predominantly brown post-apocalyptic lone-silent-protagonist-versus-hideously-ugly-screaming-mutant-monsters game.

What licensees can bring to id's engine are interesting stories in novel settings. For example, I'm hoping someone at Activision realizes that this open-world car-combat + first-person shooter engine is the perfect vehicle for a reboot of the Interstate '76 franchise.

charlesdm 15 years ago | | |

They have stated that they wont licence out this engine. Since they got acquired, it'll only be used for Zenimax games.

modeless 15 years ago | | |

Dang, hadn't heard that. Well, at least the next Bethesda RPG will have a decent engine to build on...

daeken 15 years ago | | |

I think that's the main reason Zenimax wanted them. They can use id as their internal engines team and get incredible tech for their other companies. Personally, I love that idea, being an old-school Bethsoft fan; they've always had incredible designers, but their engine tech has always been either a poor in-house engine, or a hacked apart version of an existing engine (e.g. NI, now Gamebryo).

I can't wait to see TES5, running on an id engine.

jamesbkel 15 years ago | | |

For example, I'm hoping someone at Activision realizes that this open-world car-combat + first-person shooter engine is the perfect vehicle for a reboot of the Interstate '76 franchise

That would great to see, especially if paired with a reboot of the games fantastic original soundtrack.

yesimahuman 15 years ago | | |

I disagree as someone who doesn't care much for story lines. I make my own feeling from games and doom, despite having a shallow story, had a pretty powerful pull into it's world.

I don't like cutscenes and I don't like lots of dialog, but that's just me.

bryne 15 years ago |

@ID_AA_Carmack: I’m going to regret having “ios” in all my type names when I port Rage Mobile to Android.

Zev 15 years ago | |

And a few tweets later: I am going to take a stab at bringing Rage up on Android soon, but we have NOT committed to a product. 9 days ago

gmatty 15 years ago |

carmack had always been a childhood hero of mine, having seen wolfenstein 3d as a kid showcased in the computer section of sears (yes sears). Carmack just entered steve jobs territory for me. This is going to change everything.

samlittlewood 15 years ago |